John Gryphon
Well-Known Member
Got back home yesterday arvo after four nights on my back in a hospital bed due to my recent Achilles operation wound becoming badly infected.
Points of my holiday below.
1 The last deer i have seen was the stag that i posted a pic of pre admission... bad withdrawal symptoms!
2 The impossibly loud snoring 140 kg sheila that sounded like an elephant seal bull on an antarctic beach looking for a shag....night and day!.
3 The constant interruptions for IV antibiotic drips every 'x' hours.
4 Then the in between interruptions for blood pressure tests every 'x' hours.
5 Elephant seal went home after two days only to be replaced by an old bloke that refused meds,refused any help at all and just roared like a bull in pain,louder than the seal too,yelling "leave me to die" whilst ripping IV lines out and knocking everything over.
6 The impossibly beautiful nurse that attended to my wound being so far out of reach,I still think about her...yum!
7 The coffee was so bad that i shunned it after the first sip the ,meals were very good though and plenty of them.
8 The constant noise of a 24 hour a day workforce was terrible after living in peace and quiet in a home where my nearest neighbour is five kilometres away.
9 The restraints applied to my poxy leg where I was required to lay in a cot with my foot elevated for four days and nights.
10 The temperature inside was deliciously cool whereas outside it was 40 C plus for days on end,that greeted me as I was wheeled out to my ride....phew it was hot. It is currently 26 C at 5AM atm.
11 Having to use a cell phone as a computer to type out schitt for the SD with a tiny keyboard, fat fingers and the speed of a hamstrung tortoise.
12 Having a heel too tender to wear anything other than heel less 'Crocs'
The pic below taken with my phone showing the whitish macerated flesh surrounding the eruption point. The nurse was asked for the removed dressing so that I could have a sniff of it to assess how bad it was...cat and ferret schiit mixed with baby spew was the aroma,faark me it stunk!
AND i do realise that there are far many more with worse problems than I have...who am I to complain about having an infected foot ffs!
Points of my holiday below.
1 The last deer i have seen was the stag that i posted a pic of pre admission... bad withdrawal symptoms!
2 The impossibly loud snoring 140 kg sheila that sounded like an elephant seal bull on an antarctic beach looking for a shag....night and day!.
3 The constant interruptions for IV antibiotic drips every 'x' hours.
4 Then the in between interruptions for blood pressure tests every 'x' hours.
5 Elephant seal went home after two days only to be replaced by an old bloke that refused meds,refused any help at all and just roared like a bull in pain,louder than the seal too,yelling "leave me to die" whilst ripping IV lines out and knocking everything over.
6 The impossibly beautiful nurse that attended to my wound being so far out of reach,I still think about her...yum!
7 The coffee was so bad that i shunned it after the first sip the ,meals were very good though and plenty of them.
8 The constant noise of a 24 hour a day workforce was terrible after living in peace and quiet in a home where my nearest neighbour is five kilometres away.
9 The restraints applied to my poxy leg where I was required to lay in a cot with my foot elevated for four days and nights.
10 The temperature inside was deliciously cool whereas outside it was 40 C plus for days on end,that greeted me as I was wheeled out to my ride....phew it was hot. It is currently 26 C at 5AM atm.
11 Having to use a cell phone as a computer to type out schitt for the SD with a tiny keyboard, fat fingers and the speed of a hamstrung tortoise.
12 Having a heel too tender to wear anything other than heel less 'Crocs'
The pic below taken with my phone showing the whitish macerated flesh surrounding the eruption point. The nurse was asked for the removed dressing so that I could have a sniff of it to assess how bad it was...cat and ferret schiit mixed with baby spew was the aroma,faark me it stunk!
AND i do realise that there are far many more with worse problems than I have...who am I to complain about having an infected foot ffs!
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